The decrease in response of a biological object to a continued stimulus in training is called as  

The correct answer is accommodation.

Key Points

• Accommodation 
  • The decrease in response of a biological object to a continued stimulus in training.
  • Accommodation is a means of preventing and removing barriers.
• Law of accommodation.
  • When the body regularly experiences the same exercises and physical stressors the training effect will be reduced, this is known as the law of accommodation.

Additional Information

• Reversibility:
  • To maintain a certain level of fitness or strength, an athlete must continue to exercise on a regular basis.
  • The principle of reversibility states that workout gains or progress will be lost when an athlete stops training.
• Adaptation:
  • Adjustment of a physical and psychological functional system to the training.
• Acclimatization:
  • Adaptation of long-term permanent adjustment of a group of organisms to a changing environment.
  • Acclimatization can be reversed once the previous conditions are met.